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BLACK NOISE [2 records]

Record 1 1995-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

... beyond brown, black noise lurks, with a power spectrum proportional to f-bêta with [bêta] > 2 .... Black-noise phenomena govern natural and unnatural catastrophes like floods, droughts, bear markets, and various outrageous outages, such as those of electrical power. Because of their black spectra, such disasters often come in clusters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
OBS

bruit : ensemble de perturbations, généralement incohérentes, de toute nature et de toute origine venant se superposer à un élément utile.

OBS

bruit noir : créé par analogie à bruit blanc, bruit coloré, bruit rose, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Interference
DEF

in a spectrum of electromagnetic wave frequencies, a frequency spectrum of predominantly zero power level at all frequencies except for a few narrow bands or spikes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perturbations radio

Spanish

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